The Medical Council of Thailand has issued seven guidelines to doctors on prescribing cannabis and hemp for medical treatment after many people took ill from using the decriminalised plants.
4 clauses in new education bill can endanger lives: doctors, nurses
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018
THE MEDICAL Council and 10 other professional bodies said yesterday that four articles in the Higher Education Bill would threaten human life and the country’s future.
Dead cadet’s family requests investigation of autopsy doctors
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018
The family of a cadet who died in suspicious circumstances urged the Medical Council on Wednesday to investigate the doctors that performed his autopsy last year at the military-owned hospital.
JUST ABOUT three per cent of fresh graduates from state-run medical schools intended to pay penalties in order to dodge the mandatory public service, according to a survey.
Medical Council says Mahidol has to handle fraud claim in dog’s death
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital is responsible for investigating an allegation that one of its students poisoned his pet dog in a bid to gain compensation from another party, the Thai Medical Council said on Monday.
Attack video puts spotlight on risks health workers face
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2016
THE video clip of an elderly patient kicking an on-duty hospital doctor in the neck has caused widespread shock among the public after going viral on the Internet.
THE Medical Council of Thailand has requested it be allowed to review the medical diagnosis of Phra Dhammachayo, the controversial abbot of the Pathum Thani-based Phra Dhammakaya Temple.
Eyebrows raised over new working hours regulation for doctors
TUESDAY, APRIL 05, 2016
The Medical Council’s proposal that doctors should work no more than 80 hours a week has caused quite a stir. While the Working Time Directive should in theory create a win-win situation for doctors and patients, in practice it does not seem to be possibl